I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf
by Grant Snider
Abrams ComicArts, 2020. 128 pages.
Review written December 9, 2020, from a library book
This book includes comics for booklovers and writers and poets.
You will enjoy this book if you can relate to the author’s confession at the front:
I’m in love with books.
I read in social situations.
I will use anything as a bookmark.
I confuse fiction with reality.
I am wanted for unpaid library fines.
I steal books from my children.
I like my realism with a little bit of magic.
I like to sniff old books.
I am searching for a miracle cure for writer’s block.
I care about punctuation – a lot.
I will read the classics (someday).
I am writing The Great American Novel.
I carry a notebook with me at all times.
I write because I must.
I hope you don’t mind me asking . . .
can I borrow a few books?
The author uses the items from his confession as section titles, giving the cartoons some themes.
Most of the comics take the form of lists with pictures. For example “Advocacy for Animals Ignored by Children’s Books” includes a box with “Can we get a couple cassowaries?” with a picture of a couple cassowaries. “Perfect Reading Spots” has little pictures that go with each spot such as “Unusual Tree” and “Frustrating Hammock.” I like the “Can You Spot the Difference?” comic with an “Aspiring Writer” on one side and a “Writer” on the other.
Book lovers will find plenty to enjoy in this book.
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